"Mr. Chair, are we still in America?" spluttered an indignant Sen. Julia Ortman (R-Chanhassen). "I'm wondering where I'm at. I find that to be very offensive. An insult to everyone who drives a car. An insult to me because I drove to the Capitol alone today. I find that very insulting."
Maybe what she really was saying is:
"I drove to the capitol alone today and I'm offended by my own lifestyle that is bad for America!"
Why was Sen. Ortman in high dudgeon?
Because Julian Marshall, Asst. Professor of Engineering at the University of Minnesota appeared before the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday to testify on SF549, The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals and Strategies bill, and displayed a poster like this one. It was bad enough for the global-warming denying Republicans to have to listen to all kinds of facts about the impact of global warming in Marshall's report, but to then be confronted with humor? Completely uncalled for according to Sen. Ortman.
And doesn't it suck when on of your own talking points is thrown back in your face?
Remember the Republicans chanting "Drill Baby Drill" as part of their campaign to gift the oil companies more cheap drilling leases? They kept talking about not sending money to people who hate us and attack us? Don't we want to stop our addiction to foreign oil? I suppose the answer is "no" if it means carpooling, more funding for mass transit solutions, more wetlands and reductions on emissions of greenhouse producing gases. Republicans always oppose that.
